11 Bible Verses about Rejection Of Christ

Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}.

And behold, the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and [when they] saw him, they implored [him] that he would depart from their region.

Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures, 'The stone which the builders rejected, this has become {the cornerstone}. This came about from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?

Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?" And they were offended by him.

And all [those] in the synagogue were filled with anger [when they] heard these [things].

And they stood up [and] forced him out of the town and brought him up to the edge of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff.

But first it is necessary [for] him to suffer many [things], and to be rejected by this generation.

But they all cried out in unison, saying, "Take this man away, and release for us Barabbas!"

He came to his own [things], and his own [people] did not receive him.

I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If another should come in his own name, you would accept that one!

The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has one who judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.